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Sea Around Us, The

Dominic Behan
They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair That no stream like the Liffey can ever compare If it�s water you want you�ll find nothing more rare Than the stuff they make down by the ocean The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide Long may it stay between England and me It�s a sure guarantee that some hour we�ll be free Oh thank God we�re surrounded by water Tom Moore made his waters meet fame and renown A great lover of anything dressed in a crown In brandy the brandy old Saxon he�d drown But throw ne'er a one into the ocean The Scots have their whisky, the Welsh have their speech And their poets are paid about tenpence a week Provided no hard words on England they speak Oh Lord! What a price for devotion The Danes came to Ireland with nothing to do But dream of the plundered old Irish they slew �Yeh will in your Viking, said Brian Boru And threw them back into the ocean! Two foreign old monarchs in battle did join, Each wanting their head on the back of a coin If the Irish had sense they�d drowned both in the Boyne And partition throw into the ocean! This page has been viewed 2699 times

They say that the lakes of Killarney are fair
That no stream like the Liffey can ever compare
If it�s water you want you�ll find nothing more rare
Than the stuff they make down by the ocean

The sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide
Long may it stay between England and me
It�s a sure guarantee that some hour we�ll be free
Oh thank God we�re surrounded by water

Tom Moore made his waters meet fame and renown
A great lover of anything dressed in a crown
In brandy the brandy old Saxon he�d drown
But throw ne'er a one into the ocean

The Scots have their whisky, the Welsh have their speech
And their poets are paid about tenpence a week
Provided no hard words on England they speak
Oh Lord! What a price for devotion

The Danes came to Ireland with nothing to do
But dream of the plundered old Irish they slew
�Yeh will in your Viking, said Brian Boru
And threw them back into the ocean!

Two foreign old monarchs in battle did join,
Each wanting their head on the back of a coin
If the Irish had sense they�d drowned both in the Boyne
And partition throw into the ocean!

This page has been viewed 2699 times

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